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αἰώνιος , ον, also α, ον Pl. Ti.37d, Ep.Heb.9.12:—
A.lasting for an age (“αἰών11), perpetual, eternal (but dist. fr. ἀΐδιος, Plot.3.7.3), “μέθηPl.R. 363d; “ἀνώλεθρον . . ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ αἰώνιονId.Lg.904a, cf. Epicur. Sent.28; “αἰ. κατὰ ψυχὴν ὄχλησιςId.Nat.131 G.; κακά, δεινά, Phld.Herc. 1251.18, D.1.13; αἰ. ἀμοιβαῖς βασανισθησόμενοι ib.19; “τοῦ αἰ. θεοῦEp.Rom. 16.26, Ti.Locr.96c; “οὐ χρονίη μοῦνον . . ἀλλ᾽ αἰωνίηAret.CA1.5; αἰ. διαθήκη, νόμιμον, πρόσταγμα, LXX Ge.9.16, Ex.27.21, To.1.6; “ζωήEv.Matt.25.46, Porph.Abst.4.20; κόλασις Ev.Matt. l.c., Olymp. in Grg.p.278J.; “πρὸ χρόνων αἰ.2 Ep.Tim. 1.9: opp. πρόσκαιρος, 2 Ep.Cor. 4.18.
2. holding an office or title for life, perpetual, “γυμνασίαρχοςCPHerm.62.
3. = Lat. saecularis, Phleg.Macr.4.
4. Adv. -ίως eternally, “νοῦς ἀκίνητος αἰ. πάντα ὤνProcl.Inst.172, cf. Simp. in Epict.p.77D.; perpetually, μισεῖν Sch.E.Alc.338.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Euripides, Alcestis, 338
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 9.16
    • New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 4.18
    • Plato, Laws, 904a
    • Plato, Republic, 363d
    • Plato, Timaeus, 37d
    • Aretaeus, De curatione acutorum morborum libri duo, 1.5
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 27.21
    • New Testament, Matthew, 25.46
    • New Testament, Romans, 16.26
    • Old Testament, Tobit, 1.6
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